This delicious quinoa salad with chickpea, strawberries, and cucumber along with a sundried tomato dressing is short on gluten but not on taste, and packed full of healthy goodness. It can be enjoyed at room temperature or chilled, which makes it a great choice for picnics, potlucks, and packed lunches!

Salad

Sundried Tomato Vinaigrette

120 g A mix of white and red quinoa

360 ml Water

200 g Chickpea in can, rinsed, drained

1 Small cucumber, diced

200 g Fresh strawberries, quartered

10 Sundried tomato halves

1-2 tbsp Fresh Parmesan, grated

2 Garlic cloves

30 ml Balsamic vinegar

20 ml Red wine vinegar

2 stalk Spring onions, chopped

100 ml Olive oil

Rinse quinoa in a fine sieve until water runs clear, drain and transfer to a medium saucepan. Add water and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to low. Simmer for 10 to 15 minutes or until water has absorbed. Set aside to cool and fluff with a fork.

Blend all the vinaigrette ingredients together, adding the olive oil last until you get the desired consistency.

Place the quinoa, diced cucumber, chickpeas, and quartered strawberries in a large bowl. Add in dressing and toss to combine.

Gorgeous Angie. You are so creative with your flavour combinations. I am curious about the chickpeas and strawberries together... hmmm, guess I just have to try it myself :) The photos are beautiful as well.

Yay this is something I can make in my little kitchen! Strawberries popping up around here but have not tried to see if the taste is there. Will definitely try this dressing with many other things. Looks tasty. Hope you are doing well and spring has come to where you are :)

Angie , if I need to make a vinaigrette , I won't hesitate to use one of your vinaigrette recipes :D This one certainly sounds wonderful ! I love the sweet and savoury combo of this salad and it looks pretty delish !

What a delightfully healthy and beautiful salad Angie and I must say I LOVE that basket of strawberries, so cute. Strawberries aren't quite in season here and I suspect with all the cold weather we've been having, they won't be for quite some time, but I'll bookmark this tasty salad for when they are.Eva http://kitcheninspirations.wordpress.com

What a unique blend of flavors and textures! Your dressing is quite a surprise with this salad. Never would have expected sundried tomatoes with strawberries. I think I could find a use for that dressing on quite a few salads. Quite delicious I'm sure!

Quinoa and chickpea are one my favourite salad combinations. I love that this is a strawberry salad, and I know the flavours of quinoa and chickpeas go so well with it! Thanks Angie, another great post!

Hi Angie, we love this salad...so perfectly balanced in terms of flavor,color and looks festive...are yet to get strawberries here and wish that could really be soon...cause we are craving for this yummy salad,thanks so much for sharing this zingy recipe :-)

This salad looks divine. Sadly, strawberry season is well and truly over here now, but I'm pinning this for when summer rolls around. I won't be waiting that long to try that sundried tomato vinaigrette though!

A beautiful salad Angie! I love berries in salads. This is a perfect use for them - they're are just coming into the markets here. That bucket of berries is so cute. Hope you're having a lovely weekend!

Hey Angie! I made this delicious lunch as dinner for us two. We loved it too! It was so light & refreshing! My dressing was way darker than yours maybe because of the darker looking sundried tomato halves! :) Next time, we will eat it with grilled fish on the side! ;) xxx

This is truly cool. It is looking quite colorful. One fabulous point over here is all the three main ingredients used in the recipe are of great nutritional values. Strawberries are rich in vitamins like c,b5,b6 . They give you great looking skin too. Chick peas are my favorite and i love eating them they maintain proper blood sugar levels. And "Quinoa" you don't even believe what wonders it could make. It is called as the "Super Food". A perfect recipe to be tasted my everyone......... :)

Thanks for this wonderful recipe. I couldn't locate the black Venus Rice :( However, I subbied with wild rice. I've cooked the rice, and will prepare the rest tomorrow, and shall have this for dinner, but I think I will eat it heated being winter here, so thanks for a great site, and such easy, and beautiful interesting recipes...

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